Re: Bullets, Magic & other

yeuhd wrote:
> On May 15, 10:36 am, thaliac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> How could two bullets supposedly the same react in such a
>> different fa****on from each other?
> 
> First of all, the bullet that hit both JFK and Connally was not
"virtually 
> unscathed". It was flattened lengthwise, slightly twisted, had lead 
> protruding from its base like a toothpaste tube, and had lost about four

> grains of weight:
> 

Close. A little over 2 grains.

>
http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0219b.htm
> 
> Just as cars that crash at high speeds get smashed up much more severely

> than those that crash at slow speeds, the bullet that penetrated JFK and

> Connally was slowed down considerably before it hit any hard surface. It


Going through Kennedy would slow it down less than 200 fps.

> went through soft tissue in JFK's back and neck (there is a possible 
> hairline fracture in C-7, but its cause is disputed), and when
penetrating 
> Connally's chest made only a glancing, tangenital blow to one of his
ribs. 

The bullet did not hit sideways.

> The rib fracture occurred not at the point of impact (which only pushed 
> the rib forward), but further up the rib toward the spine:
> 
>
http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/hsca/re****tvols/vol7/html/HSCA_Vol7_0080a.htm
> 
> By the time the bullet struck and shattered Connally's wrist, much of
its 
> velocity was gone. In addition, the bullet may have been tumbling as it 
> penetrated his chest, and struck his wrist broadside, absorbing its
impact 
> energy onto a broader surface (hence the lateral flattening). The HSCA 
> wrote: "The [autopsy] panel (except for Dr. Wecht) concludes, therefore,

> that the wound in Governor Connally was probably inflicted by a missile 
> which was not alined with its trajectory but had yawed or tumbled prior
to 
> its entry into the Governor."
> 
>
http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/hsca/re****tvols/vol7/html/HSCA_Vol7_0077b.htm
> 
> On the other hand, the bullet that struck JFK's head met skull bone head

> on at its first impact, and again struck skull bone on exit.
> 
> To summarize: the type of tissue and bone involved, the types and order
of 
> wounds involved, the velocity and trajectory of the bullets involved,
were 
> significantly different for the two bullets.
>